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Hacker Breaches Cornell, Attempts to Sell Access

A Russian-speaking hacker dubbed Rasputin breached 60 agencies, including Cornell and NYU, report says

By NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS

A notorious Russian-speaking hacker has breached more than 60 universities and agencies including Cornell University and is attempting to sell unauthorized access to the agencies for profit, according to a report from a private internet intelligence company

The list of victims, published by Recorded Future, ranges from the City of Pittsburgh to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 25 universities including New York University, Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford and Cornell

A Russian-speaking hacker, dubbed Rasputin, is behind the breaches, according to Recorded Future, and is attempting to sell access to the victims’ networks for economic gain Wyman Miles, chief information security officer at Cornell, referred inquiries to Director of Media Relations

John Carberry, who declined to comment on the breach Cornell also declined to comment in December on a for-

eign-government sponsored hack of the ILR School in 2014, which IT administrators said was the biggest statesponsored cyber breach of Cornell ever, The Sun previously reported

The FBI, which also declined to comment for this article, helped notify at least one university that it had fallen prey to Rasputin, who reportedly also attempted to sell access to the U S Election Assistance Commission in 2016 Michael Story, interim chief information security officer at the University of California, Los Angeles, which is on list of breached universities, told The Sun that the long list of Rasputin | Cornell declined to comment on a breach of C U and more than 60 other agencies by a Russian-speaking hacker

The same method used in the ILR School breach SQL injection, in which instructions are entered into a website’s data field was used in the most recent breaches, according to Recorded Future, although there is no indication that Rasputin was behind the 2014 hack of Cornell

Second Fraternity Suspended

Epsilon earlier this month

The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity has been placed on interim suspension status by the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life

This suspension marks the second disciplinary action for a fraternity this year following the interim suspension of Sigma Phi

By SHAUNA CHEATHAM Sun Staff Writer

The suspension was enacted Feb 16 due to a “serious violation of the University Recognition Policy,” according to a University statement However, the statement did not give any details on the alleged violation

The statement added that until further notice, the “chapter may not engage in any activities other than operation of its residence ”

President of the Interfraternity Council Drew Lord ’18 echoed a statement he made after the Sigma Phi Epsilon suspension, affirming the IFC’s confidence in the OSFL and declining to comment on any details

“Any violation of the University Recognition Policy warrants a comprehensive investigation so that we can ensure the safety of our members,” he added Saturday “Safety is our utmost priority ”

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Suburbanizing Rio de Janeiro: 1929–1939

9 a m - 5 p m , West Sibley Exhibition Hallway

Visit from TV Writer / Producer William Rabkin

Noon, 124 Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Mental and Behavioral Health Facilities: Critical Research and Design Recommendations

Noon - 1 p m , 2nd floor conference room, Beebe Hall

Causes and Consequences of Intraspecies Antagonism in Pseudomonas Syringae

12:20 p m , 404 Plant Science Building

Maps | Documentation of Rio de Janeiro’s urban history will be on exhibit at West Sibley Hall this week as part of Patrick Braga’s ’17 work as a Cornell Rawlings Presidential Research Scholar

The “How” and “Why” of Natural Selection: Integrative Approaches to Beehavior and Immunity 12:20 p m , A106 Corson/Mudd Hall

Genuine Conversation: Racism and Inequity

1 - 2:30 p m , 700 Clark Hall

Integrable Dynamical Systems in Particle Accelerators 3:30 p m , 470 Physical Sciences Building

The Environmental Presence of Glyphosate and Adjuvants in the United States

3:35 - 4:25 p m , 105 Riley-Robb Hall

Impact on the Latino community: Executive Order On Security and Immigration Enforcement 4:45 p m , 102 Mann Library

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Influence Fatigue, or, Why I am No Longer A Street Style Blogger 12:20 - 1:10 p m , G87 Martha Vam Rensselaer Hall

Cosmology With Shadows in the Microwave Sky 4 - 5 p m , 105 Space Sciences Building

Gaining Currency: The Rise of the Renminbi 4 - 5 p m , Stern Seminar Room 160 Mann Library

Hassan Melehy Poetry Reading 4:30 p m , Romance Studies Lounge, Klarman Hall

Linguistics Colloquium Speaker: Miloje Despic 4:30 - 6 p m , 106 Morrill Hall

Tour Traces Evolution of Downtown State Theatre

By AMOL RAJESH Sun Staff Writer

The iconic State Theatre of Ithaca was a downtown auto garage and dealership until a management group including two Cornell alumni stepped in and transformed the building into a vaudeville theatre and, later, a cinema

Doug Levine, executive director of the t h e a t e r, s h owe d T h e Su n a ro u n d t h e building on Tuesday and explained the histor y and evolving business model of the attraction on West State Street

Two Cornell alumni bought the building in 1926 for Cornell Theatres, Inc and turned it into a theatre in about two years, Levine said The first show, which featured a live orchestra plus a movie, was on Dec 6, 1928 and cost 50 cents to attend

The initial president of Cornell Theaters, Inc was Lewis Henr y 1909, who had been managing editor of The Cornell Daily Sun, and the corporation’s first secretar y was A F McCann 1916, who had been a Sun associate editor

“In 1928, that was before television,” Levine said “Radio was still in its infancy, so this was the main source of entertainment for people ”

Levine said the unusual Gothic architectural features of the nearly 90-year-old building’s interior were created to supplement the music and voices of performers before more modern technology

“Our natural acoustics here are fantastic because [the theater] was built in an e r a w h e re t h e y d i d n ’ t h a ve e l e c t ro n i c acoustics to benefit from,” he said

As the entertainment industr y evolved over time, Levine said, the State Theatre evolved as well

“It was originally a vaudeville house and then it transitioned to silent films in the ’30s and ’40s,” he said “ There was an era from the early ’70s to the ’90s that it was primarily a movie house ”

In the 1990s, following decades of successful patronage, the State Theatre was in full decline, Levine said

“ This building fell into disrepair and it was about to get completely taken away by the wrecking ball,” Levine said “Some wanted to convert this space into a parking lot ”

Instead, the theater was revived by Historic Ithaca, a non-profit which supports the preser vation of local historic sites

“Historic Ithaca swooped in and raised enough money to buy the theatre and save

it,” he said “For the next seven years, they raised over $10 million to get the theater operating again ” However, it wasn ’ t all smooth sailing for State Theatre under Historic Ithaca’s management

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y shows and other acts, but it wasn ’ t as easy as they hoped it would be,” Levine said “Once you book a show, you have to market it and you have to sell tickets Basically over the course of four years, [Historic Ithaca] amassed an enormous amount of debt well over six figures ”

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Theatre of Ithaca, Inc expressed interest, in 2009, in buying the theater from Historic Ithaca and forming its own notfor-profit organization that would own and operate the building

Under the current business model, Levine explained, the theater puts on a certain number of family and community shows

“ We take a 100 percent risk on those shows,” he said “For a lot of the family shows with sponsorships, we are breaking [even] before we even sell one ticket, so ever y ticket we sell is profit That is how we manage to keep our doors open and remain profitable ” Levine elaborated on the company ’ s low-risk strategy in outsourcing talent

“ We also have a relationship with our talent buyer [Dan Smalls] who is required to put on a certain number of shows per semester, ” Levine said “ We guarantee rent and concession sales from these headliner shows This also eliminates our risk because the more shows our talent buyer does, the more money we bring in ”

Aside from shows, the theater also goes back to its roots as a cinema and shows movies, funded by sponsors

“For the movies as well, we have sponsorships,” Levine said “ The movies are really low-risk because we don’t need to pay the studios much to show a movie ”

When asked about competition from Netflix and online media, Levine said the theater works to select programs that are not available on online streaming ser vices

“ When we pick the classic movies, we tr y to pick movies that are not on TV or on Netflix,” he said “ We tr y to pick things which need to be seen on the big screen ”

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Rallies Against Islamophobia

Experts respond to travel ban, emphasize

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COLA Insists Rawlings Take Stance

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in ” COL A member Allison Considine ’17 added that the University has a responsibility to make sure that Nike’s actions do not go unpunished

“As the home of the Industrial and Labor Relations School, many proud labor faculty and students, and as a name that Nike is benefitting from selling, we have a duty to stand up to injustice against workers where we see it,” Considine said

The letter referenced Georgetown University President John J DeGioia, who recently committed to severing the school’s contract with Nike at the end of the calendar year unless the brand allowed unwavering WRC factor y access at its subcontracted factories, according to The Washington Post

Eddy hopes Rawlings will take the same actions

“If we can get enough universities to put pressure on Nike, Nike will change because it has a large impact on their profits,” he said “ When it comes d ow n t o i t , t h a t ’ s w h a t t h e y c a re about ”

The group has had success pressuring Cornell to withdraw support from companies due to labor concerns in the past In 2014, Cornell severed ties with Jansport due to worker safety concerns in Bangladesh, The Sun previously reported

“ T h i s h e a v i l y i m p a c t e d Ja n s p o r t and did cause them to adjust their labor practices,” Eddy said

C o n s i d i n e a d d e d t h a t t h e

University needs to continue to hold companies to this standard

“It is important that Cornell take a stand, because we have a long and p r o u d h i s t o r y o f b e i n g a l e a d i n g Un i v e r s i t y i n s t a n d i n g u p a g a i n s t brands that violate workers’ rights,” Considine said

Eddy said letter drops are a common tactic the group uses to voice concerns to the administration

“It’s a really great way to remind the administration that the students are here and the students care, ” he said

The event mirrors several similar actions going back to November 2015, when COL A presented a similar letter

t o t h e o f f i c e o f f o r m e r Pr e s i d e n t Elizabeth Garrett

Since President Rawlings has not yet chosen a strong position on the issue, COL A hopes their letter will get a response from the administration and cause them to make meaningful change

“Actions like ours show Nike that they cannot get away with abusing t h e i r w o r k e r s , ” C o n s i d i n e s a i d “Students and others are watching and are ready to take action to prevent sweatshop apparel from bearing our school logo ”

Hacked Agencies Report Minor Breach, Cornell Refuses to Dislose Details of Hack

hacked agencies is sure to raise eyebrows, but provides little information about the severity and context of the hacks

UCLA had already fixed its breached website by the time Recorded Future published its report, Story said

“We had already remediated the site The site was a trivial site that didn’t have any valuable data ”

Cornell has not disclosed any details of the hack, including its severity and which departments or websites were affected, making it impossible to know the seriousness of the hacker’s breach of Cornell or if the vulnerability has been fixed

Marc Hoit, vice chancellor and chief information officer at North Carolina State University, told The Sun in an email that one site at N C State was breached and taken down The site was rebuilt, patched and is now up and running, he said

“No real damage and it was a minor site,” Hoit said in an email

Robert Pruett, the director of technology support at The University of Mount Olive a small, private college in North Carolina that was also breached by Rasputin said the hacker had only managed to infiltrate an old survey website that had little, if any, information

“We’re in the same boat as RIT, so we shouldn’t feel bad,” Pruett said, referring to the prestigious technology university in Rochester “ We had a SQL injection [breach] on a survey data program That’s the extent of the breach on us ”

Pruett said the FBI, and not Recorded Future, notified The

University of Mount Olive directly, and when they informed the university that there had been a breach, the technology team was able to find and patch the vulnerability When Recorded Future determined that universities were one of the major groups targeted by Rasputin, it contacted the Research Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC), which has 543 member institutions, on Feb 7 to ensure that schools were aware of the hack

Scott Finlon, principal security engineer for REN-ISAC, said Recorded Future sent the center a list of website addresses of universities that were breached as part of the Rasputin hack and REN-ISAC passed them along to the affected schools

Humboldt State University in northern California was also a

victim of Rasputin, but the university said that IT staff quickly patched the vulnerability after they were notified on Feb 8 and that no confidential data was accessed

A training website that was in partial use by the human resources department contained a bug that allowed external visitors to view registration information, the university’s I T department said in a statement

St Cloud State University, a public university in Minnesota that enrolls about 15,000, was also breached by Rasputin

Darrin Printy, senior I T security program lead at the university, told The Sun the hack does not appear to be serious, although the University is still investigating

“So far, it seems to be minor,”

Printy said “We’re still trying to understand what’s really going on and why we made the list ”

Printy said he learned of the

breach from Recorded Future, but the company ’ s notification letter included few more details than that the company was going to publish a list and St Cloud State University was going to be on it Printy has since reached out for more information, he said, but received little back

The hacker’s method, SQL injection, is a popular way to infiltrate websites and there are many free applications available to detect vulnerabilities

Rasputin, however, is using a proprietary application he developed to find and exploit these coding flaws, according to Recorded Future Cornell was first contacted for comment on Friday and did not respond to additional requests for comment Tuesday

Bogel-Burroughs can be reached at nickbogel@gmail com

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Our current president won the election, in part, on the claim that rich equated to genius. He was not the first to do so ... but he was certainly the most explicit.

I n a c o r n e r o f t h e i r k i t c h e n w a s a s m a l l s t e p s t o o l t h e d u t y o f w h i c h w a s t o h e l p t h e m r e a c h t h e h i g h e s t c u p b o a r d i n t h e r o o m , w h i c h w a s n o m o r e t h a n s i x f e e t o f f t h e g r o u n d My m e m o r y, h o w e v e r, s k e t c h e s t h e c o n t o u r s o f a p a i r o f h u l k i n g f i g u r e s , t h o s e t h a t w o u l d n o t n e e d a s t o o l T h e r e w a s a s i l e n c e , t o o , t h a t p r e s s e d d o w n o n u s t h e h e a v y f e e l i n g t h a t w e w e r e n o t m e a n t t o b e t h e r e , a n d s o s h o u l d a c t a s i f w e w e r e n o t Fo r h o u r s , I s a t a n d l i s t e n e d , a n x i o u s l y t u g g i n g o n t h e s l e e v e s o f m y j a c k e t , h o p i n g t o g i v e t h e t a i l o r e d i l l u s i o n t h a t t h e y w e r e t h e a p p r o p r i a t e l e n g t h f o r m y a r m s I n t h o s e s i l e n t m o m e n t s , I r e m e m b e r e d m o p p i n g t h o s e s m o o t h l i n o l e u m f l o o r s w i t h a n a l i e n s e n s e o f i n s i g n i f i c a n c e a n d s h a m e Un d e r t h e w e i g h t o f t h a t i m p r e s s i v e r o o m , m y m e m o r i e s b u c kl e d j u s t a b i t We a l t h h a s a w a y o f c h a n g i n g t h e s h a p e s a n d s i z e s o f t h e t h i n g s a r o u n d w h i c h i t h o v e r s It ’ s t h i s d i s t o r t i v e q u a l i t y, w h i c h I h a v e a h a r d t i m e p u t t i n g p r e c i s e l y i n t o w o r d s , t h a t m a k e s i t j u s t a b i t h a r d e r t o s e e t h i n g s f o r w h a t t h e y a r e It’s n o t u n l i k e o t h e r s o c i a l s t r u c t u r e s t h a t c o l o r t h e w a y w e s e e o n e a n o t h e r, b u t w e a l t h m a n a g e s t o i n f i l t r a t e q u i t e a l o t o f o u r b r a i n s It

s t a n d s b e t w e e n p a r t t h a t s e e s a n d t h e p a r t t h a t p r o c e s s e s , a n d s e e p s i n t o t h e b i t s t h a t r e m e m b e r t o o T h a t n i g h t I s h o u l d h a v e n o t i c e d h o w u n r e m a r ka b l e t h i s c o u p l e w a s , h o w o r d i n a r y t h e c o n t e n t o f t h e i r c o n v e r s a t i o n w e r e a n d h o w s i m i l a r t h e i r i n n e r l i v e s w e r e t o m y o w n I n s t e a d , b e c a u s e o f t h e r a r if i e d d i s t i n c t i o n t h a t f i n a n c i a l s u c c e s s h a s , t h e s p a c e t h e y b u i l t a n d t h e c o nn o t a t i o n s o f t h e i r l i v e s i n f l a t e d t h e i m a g e I g a v e t h e m , a n d f a d e d t h e o n e I g a v e m y s e l f I s h o u l d n o t p o r t r a y m y s e l f a s o n l y t h e r e c i p i e n t o f t h i s b r a n d o f c o n d es c e n s i o n A s a b e n e f a c t o r o

n e t w i t h a c o h o r t w h o s e p r i m a r y u n i f y i n g , a n d i n s o m e c a s e s s o l e q u a l i f y i n g f e a t u r e , i s t h e i r p r o sp e r i t y T h e c o m b i n e d w o r t h o f t h i s c a b i n e t i s $ 1 4 b i l l i o n , w h i c h f o r r e f e re n c e i s g r e a t e r t h a n t h e G D P o f 7 2 d i ff e r e n t n a t i o n s Mo r e t h a n a n y a d m i ni s t r a t i o n i n r e c e n t m e m o r y, t h i s o n e h a s c i t e d i t s w e a l t h a s e v i d e n c e o f i t s w i s d o m a n d v i r t u e , a n d d o n e s o q u i t e s u c c e s s f u l l y T h e c o m m o n c l a i m t h a t g e t s m a d e i n o p p o s i t i o n t e n d s t o b e t h a t t h i s r e pr e s e n t s a d a n g e r o u s a c c u m u l a t i o n o f i n t e r e s t s a n d r e s o u r c e s , a n d t h e p o s it i o n s w e r e a w a r d e d a s a f o r m o f i n d ir e c t p a t r o n a g e It’s a c l a i m t h a t o t h e r s h a v e m a d e w e l l e n o u g h e l s e w h e r e , a n d o n e y o u c a n f i n d w i t h t h e G o o g l e m a c h i n e T h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g s t o r y h e r e , I t h i n k , i s h o w o u r i n d i v i d u a l p e r c e p t i o n s o f w e a l t h b o t h f a c i l i t a t e s t h i s p h e n o m e n o n a n d m a k e s i t i n h e re n t l y d a n g e r o u s I n a d e m o c r a c y, t h e c o r p o r a t e c a pt u r e o f g o v e r n m e n t r e l i e s i n p a r t o n a c e r t a i n a m o u n t o f s u p p o r t f r o m t h e p u b l i c I n o u r c a s e , w e h a v e f a c i l i t a t e d t h i s i n f l u e n c e t h r o u g h t h e w a y t h a t w e t r e a t w e a l t h a n d p e r c e i v e t h o s e w i t h i t We h a v e a t e n d e n c y t o a t t a c h a m o r a l v a l u e , a l a r g e n e s s o f i m a g e , t o t h o s e t h i n g s a n d p e o p l e w h o s i g n i f y m a t e r i a l s u c c e s s It’s a t e n d e n c y t h a t h a s i t s r o o t s i n t h e m o s t b a n a l o f l i f e

Regarding Cornell’s strangest tradition

c k s o n s t u d e n t s i n t h e C o l l e g e o f A r t s a n d S c i e n c e s s i xye a r Ph D Pro g r a m by p e r s o n o r p e r s o n s u n k n ow n Ye s , t h e s e d e a t h s we re m u rd e r s , b u t w h y d o n o n e o f t h e s e ve r a l m e m o r i a l s f o r t h e v i ct i m s t h e o f f i c i a l s t a t e m e n t s , t h e s e r v i c e s i n Sa g e C h a p e l , t h e l o n e p l a q u e a t t h e s t e p s o f Hu r l b u r t Ho u s e , e ve r m e n t i o n t h a t h o r r i f i c f a c t ? Pa g i n g b a c k t h r o u g h t h e It h a c a a n d Ne w Yo rk n e w s p a p e r s o f 1 9 6 7 we f i n d t h a t t h e a u t h o r i t i e s we re c e r t a i n t h a t t h e f i re s we re a r s o n a n d t h a t a C a n a d i a n l a b o r a t o r y re p o r t e d t r a c e s o f a f l u i d a c c e l e ra n t i n a l l t h re e A n d o n e C o r n e l l s t u d e n t w a s m y s t e r i o u s l y m i s si n g f ro m t h e s c e n e w h e n c l a s s e s re s u m e d t h a t f a l l How w a s a l l o f t h i s f o r g o tt e n ? T h e re w a s n e ve r a n a r re s t , n e ve r a n a r r a i g n m e n t , n e ve r a t r i a l a n d n e ve r, a f t e r t h e s u m m e r o f 1 9 6 7 , a re p o r t o f c a s e s t a t u s b y a n y Un i v e r s i t y o r l a w e n f o rc e m e n t o f f i c i a l T h e d e a t h s c o u l d n o t b e e r a s e d , b u t t h e c r i m e , t h e n i n e h o m i c i d e s , c o u l d b e s l i p p e d i n t o a n O r w e l l i a n m e m o r y h o l e a n d re p l a c e d w i t h , a s we m i g h t s a y t o d a y, a l t e r n a t i ve f a c t s A s t u d e n t o f C o r n e l l h i s t o r y w i l l n o t b e s u r p r i s e d a t t h i s a m n e s i a C o n s i d e r t h e f o l l ow i n g t w o p re c e d e n t s O n Fe b r u a r y 2 0 , 1 8 9 4 , s o p h o m o re p r a n k s t e r s i n j e c t e d

Lc h l o r i n e g a s i n t o It h a c a ’ s d ow nt ow n Ma s o n i c Ha l l f i l l e d w i t h b a n q u e t i n g f r e s h m e n M a n y we re s i c k e n e d , s o m e c r i t i c a l l y, a n d a b l a c k c o o k , M r s

ast week, I drove to Hartford to obser ve a hearing of the Connecticut Advisor y Committee to the U S

C o m m i s s i o n o n C i v i l R i g h t s , w h i c h focused on the issue of solitar y confinement At the meeting, a woman testified about her experience in “administrative segregation” during her 23-year sentence in Connecticut: “ They’re not correctional o f f i c e r s T h e y d o n ’ t c o r re c t a n y t h i n g They punish That’s why I call them guards ” Solitar y confinement is a wellestablished practice in the United

St a t e s A l t h o u g h t h e i n t e n t o f Quakers and Calvinists was to isolate convicts for spiritual reflection, the term quickly picked up a negative connotation Today, correctional facilities maintain that practices like “administrative segregation” and “special housing units” are necessar y for keeping order in prisons across America

But all across the countr y, professors, activists, sur vivors and families are banding together to highlight the unusually extreme nature of this internal penalty in other words, the cruel and unusual a s p e c t o f t h i s p u n i s h m e n t , a s Ju d i t h Resnik, a professor at Yale Law School, puts it At last Tuesday’s hearing, Resnik

e m p h a s i z e d t h e p a r a l l e l s b e t w e e n t h e inhumanity of solitar y confinement and other historical practices which have been struck down as violations of the Eighth Amendment

In preparation for the hearing, Yale undergraduates, law students and community members gathered the testimonies

vo i r f e d by Si x Mi l e Cre e k i n t h e w a t e r s h e d b e t w e

G o u l d S c h u r m a n a n d t h e Tr u s t e e ’ s Exe c u t i ve C o m m i t t e e c a m p a i g n e d w i t h m u c h s u c c e s s t o k e e p t h e s e c i rc u m s t a n c e s a n d t h e i r ro l e i n t h i s d i s a s t e r o u t o f t h e n a t i o n ’ s n e w s p a p e r s So we h a ve n e g l i g e n c e , w a n t o n d i s reg a rd o f h u m a n l i f e , s i m p l e m u rd e r a n d a b s o l u t e l y n o re t r i b ut i o n , n o t r i a l , a n d n o j u s t i c e On Ju n e 1 6 , 1 9 0 3 , T h e o d o r Zi n c k ( t h e p u b ow n e r i m m o r t a l i ze d i n “ Gi v e m y Re g a rd s t o D a v y ” ,

Yes, these deaths were murders, but why do none of the several memorials for the victims the official statements, the services in Sage Chapel, the lone plaque at the steps of Hurlburt House, ever mention that horrific fact? Paging back through the Ithaca and New York newspapers of 1967 we find that the authorities were certain that the fires were arson and that a Canadian laboratory reported traces of a fluid accelerant in all three.

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t o i n s u re t h a t w o rk c re w s h a d a d e q u a t e a c c e s s t o s a n i t a r y f a c i l i t i e s a n d , o u t o f f i n a n c i a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s , e l e c t e d n o t t o b u i l d a n e e d e d w a t e r f i l t r a t i o n f a c i l i t y In 1 9 0 3 f e c a l c o n t a m i n a t i o n o f t h e c i t y ’ s w a t e r s u p p l y d e r i ve d f ro m t h a t w a t e r s h e d l e d t o a t y p h o i d e p id e m i c Ei g h t y - t w o p e o p l e d i e d , i n c l u d i n g 2 9 C o r n e l l s t u d e n t s Un i v e r s i t y Pr e s i d e n t Ja c o b

He n r i e t t a Ja c k s o n , w a s k i l l e d T h e c o r o n e r i n v e s t i g a t e d a n d i d e n t i f i e d t w o s u s p e c t s , l a w s t ud e n t Fre d Lu t h e r Ta y l o r ’ 9 6 w h o re f u s e d t o i n c r i m i n a t e h i m s e l f d u r i n g g r a n d j u r y p ro c e e d i n g s , a n d h i s ro o m m a t e , e n g i n e e r i n g s t u d e n t C a r l L o u i s Di n g e n s ’ 9 6 No i n d i c t m e n t s r e s u l t e d , n o t r i a l o c c u r re d a n d t h e h o m i c i d e re m a i n e d t e c h n i c a l l y u n s o l ve d Ta y l o r a n d Di n g e n s c o n t i n u e d w i t h t h e i r s t u d i e s a n d t o o k t h e i r C o r n e l l d e g re e s i n Ju n e o f 1 8 9 6 I n 1 9 0 1 b u s i n e s s m a n Wi l l i a m To r re y Mo r r i s , C o r n e l l 1 8 7 3 , o b t a i n e d c o n t ro l o f t h e It h a c a Wa t e r Wo rk s w i t h t h e h e l p o f f r i e n

1 9 0 5 ) , d e s p o n d e n t o v e r t h e d e a t h o f h i s d a u g h t e r, L o u i s e , rowe d a b o a t f ro m t h e s h o re o f C a y u g a L a k e On Ju n e 2 2 , d r a gg e r s re c ove re d h i s b o d y f ro m t h e d e p t h s T h i s i s t h e q u i n t e s s e n t i a l C o r n e l l Tr a d i t i o n : i n a d ve r t e n t m u rd e r, b e f u d d l e d p o l i c e , n e ve r a t r i a l a n d t h e m i s c re a n t s e s c a p e c a re e r s u n t ro u b l e d , u n h i nd e re d T h e n a l l i s f o r g o t t e n A n y m e m o r i a l t o t h e d e a d i s s a n it i ze d ; t h e u n d e r l y i n g c a u s e o f d e a t h m a n s l a u g h t e r, c h ic a n e r y, m a l f e a s a n c e , i s p u r g e d f ro m t h e re c o rd A s Vo n n e g u t s a i d , “A n d s o i t g o e s ” A n d T h e C o r n

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Solidarity on Solitary

of sur vivors of solitar y confinement As one sur vivor spoke with me about his experiences, I was thrown off by how he described the small pockets of joy in the time he was incarcerated and the limited but powerful ways he sought out human contact The mental and physical tribulations which he and so many other inmates across this countr y go through could not be recorded in a succinct two-page testimony, but it was a step in the right direc-

standing the inhumanity of this practice, often go unheard Beyond the issue of access, there’s the even bigger obstacle of trauma Resources for sur vivors to overcome anxiety and depression are minimal and underfunded; the rules around probation and halfway houses almost always set them up for failure The majority of people in solitar y confinement have few, if any, people advocating for them; their contact with the outside world is limited

implement due process within the prison system, with independent oversight and reporting reforms, all the work local advocacy groups have been doing could be set back by decades Who knows what the national political climate will look like n

Connecticut’s next major election rolls around?

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and state governments; now it is time for progressives to do the

tion It was incredibly difficult for this man to tell his stor y, but with the bits and pieces that came out, we crafted a narrative that he felt comfortable reading in front of a committee of state representatives and state senators some of whom he knew would vote against him ever y time

As I watched this brave individual testify, I was struck again by how much telling his stor y cost him It made me upset Here he was telling a devastating stor y that hadn’t been heard in a public setting and only a handful of people were there to hear it Sur vivors of solitar y confinement rarely have access to a formal platform to speak about their experiences Their stories, so important for under-

to correctional officers and lawyers

As Americans, prisons and the conditions we sanction in them are a part of our reality, whether we choose to grapple with them or not The American public often excuses itself from the conversation, framing the penal code as a longstanding social contract immune from change But why should we rely on the braver y of sur vivors

t o a l e r t u s t o t h e w ro n g d o i n g s o f a holdover system when they cannot rely on us to stand with them?

The time to act is now Connecticut is more progressive than most states, but the hearing made it clear that this was a result of practice and not policy Practice is easily revised, as we can see from the presidential election, and if steps are not taken to

about issues that don’t affect your district Call your state senator and ask how the state budget is changing in prison investment vis-a-vis schools Solitar y confinement disproportionately affects people of color, often from urban districts State

ter which district they come from Yale students, as geographically diverse voters concentrated in one place, have a unique power to act when lawmakers target communities of color through practices like solitar y confinement

Letter of solidarity with I.C. faculty

To th e Ed itor:

The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty, including full-time and parttime faculty, have authorized labor actions up to and including a strike The authorization vote came last week, after 18 months of bargaining failed to persuade the Ithaca College administration to commit to the fundamental labor principles of “ pay parity” and “equal pay for equal work ” The faculty members facing contingent work conditions, amounting to almost half of the current number of faculty at Ithaca College, held a rally on Monday, Feb 20th at the main entrance of IC campus The rally preceded two days of scheduled mediation with the College administration and demonstrated the group ’ s collective power as well as public support for their insistent struggle to secure fair working and living conditions

We, the members of Cornell Graduate Students United and Cornell Organization for Labor Action, stand in solidarity with the Ithaca College Contingent Faculty and unconditionally support all future labor actions undertaken by them

We insist that no worker deserves the precarious, insecure and flexible working and living conditions to which full-time and part-time contingent faculty at Ithaca College are subjected We reject the neoliberal capitalist narrative of inevitable austerity and its politics of deunionization that individualize structural problems, isolate workers, and depoliticize the workplace in an attempt to repress the collective power of organized labor In this environment and historically, labor actions, especially strikes, are powerful expression of workers’ control of their own labor By retracting their labor from profit-entranced employers, the workers, once organized in a democratic and bottom-up fashion, demonstrate that they are not commodities and that they can and should determine their working conditions in order to reach a just and sustainable society for all

We, as current and future workers from Cornell University, remind the Ithaca College Administration that the fundamental role of the university is to critically challenge the status quo, which reserves justice, equality and dignity for a small minority, and not to perpetuate it; and that their fundamental responsibility is to ensure the wellbeing of all their workers and not the direct or indirect corporate profits of their Board of Trustees

We recognize that all labor actions by our colleagues and professors at Ithaca College are actions against the corporatization of higher education in the US, against the crisis-ridden capitalist system, and against the various forms of violence, dispossession and insecurity that neoliberal corporate interests left and right inflict upon laborers worldwide Their struggle is not separate but furthers solidarity with current struggles for justice and equality including our unionization efforts at Cornell for the graduate students, and the struggles of Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock and immigrant workers in and across the U S , drivers and public transit workers in India and Argentina, telecommunication workers in Sri Lanka, purged academicians in Turkey, women in Iceland and Kenya and millions of civilians in Syria and in Romania

The Ithaca College Contingent Faculty are rising up for better working and living conditions They are rising so that they are able to provide the education that their students deserve; so that their students do not face the same or worse precarious working conditions that they now face, in the future And they are rising up to remind all of us of organized labor’s power to act for justice, equality and democracy

We, the members of Cornell Graduate Students United and Cornell Organization for Labor Action, embrace their labor actions as ours and commit to further their struggle our struggle with them

We call on all members of Cornell University and the Ithaca community to support Ithaca College faculty in their struggle!

We call on the Ithaca College Administration to immediately fulfill “ pay parity” and “equal right for equal work” principles at the bargaining table!

Sena Aydin, on behalf of: Cornell Graduate Students United Organizing Committee (CGSU-OC) Cornell Organization for Labor Action (COLA)

Letters to the editor may be sent to associate-editor@cornellsun com

Letter to the Editor

Letter on Michael Johns

To th e Ed ito r:

It is unfortunate that Cornell students attempted to silence conservative speaker Michael Johns, rather than challenge his arguments in the marketplace of ideas. Not only does this reflect a disturbing trend of intolerance for unpopular speech on elite college campuses, but it also reveals either indifference or amnesia to the efforts of many generations of progressive students and faculty who fought for the rights of unpopular individuals and groups to be heard Liberal democracy is not possible without the civil exchange of ideas, not matter how unpalatable

Far more concerning than the conduct of a handful of students, however, is the university’s decision to require the Cornell Political Union to either pay $2000 in security fees or to close the event to the public Doing so creates a classic “heckler’s veto ” in which opponents of free speech can use the threat of violence or intimidation to control which ideas enter the marketplace. It is certainly understandable that the university requires tight security for controversial events However, the cost of such safety measures should be part distributed evenly among all students through their tuition payments While individual students may not wish to attend any particular speech and may disagree strongly with its content, the university community as a whole benefits from ensuring the free exchange of ideas even if many students consider these specific ideas to be wrong-headed or pernicious

Jacob M. Appel M.D. J.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Mount Sinai School of Medicine

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n comprised of an expansive and diverse teaching apparatus It is also, however, an employer, something we do not think

f full-time workers, from Dayhall bureaucrats to food-service workers and janitors are on Cornell’s payroll Not all employees are full-time work-

body has become a pool of low-wage workers from which t h e u n i ve r s i t y e x t r a c t s va l u e and ultimately profit

A shor t quantitative examination of the facts will demonstrate this controversial assertion Over the 2016 year, the i n c r e a s e i n t h e C o n s u m e r Price Index (CPI, an inflation m e a s u r e m e n t ) a m o u n t e d t o 2 1 % S i m u l t a n e o u s l y, m y p e r s o n a l r a i s e f o r t h e Ne w

r e i n s e r t e d i n t o a c a d e m i c investment when it is convenient to the financial mission of this university

The reality is that we are l ow - w a g e p a r t - t i m e w o rk e r s , not students benefiting from e x t r a - a c a d e m i c e x p e r i e n c e T h e r e f o r e , o u r e c o n o m i c interests exist as such, indep e n d e n t f ro m o u r s t a t u s a s students We share the same fate as millions of precarious

ers, in fact, many are student workers, like me and probably you 50% of Undergraduates

a r e e m p l o y e d o n c a m p u s Food-ser vice, libraries, gyms, research projects and class discussions all exist and function due to the hard work of the employees and students r unn

o h a p p e n s that thousands of these workers are also students

C o r n e l l p r i d e s i t s e l f o n offering paid job oppor tunities and, by doing so, “preparing students for the real world ”

T h i s i n s t i t u t i o n , h o w e v e r, doesn’t pay much attention to the actual employment conditions of its student-workers

Our wages amount to excessively less than our full-time counterpar t for identical work

a s s i g n m e n t s In t h e C o r n e l l Dining depar tment, for examp l e , o u r w a g e s a m o u n t t o almost $5 per hour less This is a blatant and unjustified dis-

c r i m i n a t i o n i n e m p l oy m e n t , paying two groups of workers different wages The student

Ye a r, a s a C o r n e l l D i n i n g worker, is $0 15 added to my $ 1 0 1 0 p e r h o u r w a g e , a m o u n t i n g t o a 1 4 9 % increase This entails that the real wages of student workers i n s i m i l a r s i t u a t i o n s h a v e d e c r e a s e d ! W h i l e C o r n e l l diminishes its remuneration of student workers, the Board of Tr u s t e e s , t h e u n e l e c t e d a n d unaccountable r uling body of C o r n e l l , a p p r ov e d a t u i t i o n increase of 3 5%, reaching an all-time high of $50,712

A n e x p e c t e d r e s p o n s e t o this concern is the claim that C o r n e l l ’ s o p e r a t i n g c o s t s would rise with higher wages

It is foolish to believe that this is a necessar y conclusion, especially considering how tuition is rising at incredibly absurd

r a t e s , a s m e n t i o n e d e a r l i e r

There is money in this institution; we have an endowment of 6 billion dollars, sitting in t h e c o f f e r s o f c o r p o r a t i o n s , chasing an interest rate which does not, and will never, come back to us The money Cornell extracts from its students in tuition and low wages is only

workers throughout this countr y All the university offers in exchange for this condition is a n o u t r a g e o u s l y e x p e n s i v e education and a diploma representing the hollow promise of future more noble working conditions

Cornell University and its bureaucracy have never been questioned about these practices; I believe it is time to star t doing just that It sees us a

t udents, blinding itself from the complex relationship it entert a i n s w i t h u s Fr o m t h e moment we are on the payroll, we are workers All workers deser ve decent and just wages for their labor Until now, stud e n t - w o r

e n t a n d have been relegated to a second-class status Let the r uling a d m i n i s t r a

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Researchers create deep-learning-powered app to recognize furniture

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c o m p a r i n g t h e e x a c t s a m e i t e m , t h e y a r e c o m p a r i n g s u m m a r i e s o f t h i s i t e m t h a t a r e s t o r e d i n t h e i r h e a d ” Fo r n o w, B e l l h o p e s t o c o n t i n u e u s i n g f u r n i t u r e a s h i s o b j e c t o f v i s u a l s e a r c h , b u t h e i s h o p i n g t o e x p a n d t h e c o m p a n y ’ s o u t r e a c h t o o t h e r f i e l d s Fu r n i t u r e w a s t h e g o t o c h o i c e p r i m a r i l y d u e t o i t s c o m m o n s t r u c t u r e a n d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , w h i c h m a k e i t e a s y t o r e c o g n i z e “ Fu r n i t u r e a n d d e c o r h a s t h e n i c e p r o p e r t y t h a t t h e y a r e r i g i d C l o t h i n g , o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , w h e n i t i s p u t o n , c h a n g e s s h a p e , w h i c h m a k e s i t a m o r e c h a ll e n g i n g c o m p u t e r v i s i o n p r o b l e m T h a t w a s w h a t l e d u s t o h o m e d é c o r a s o u r i n i t i a l v e r t i c a l , b u t w e a r e p l a n n i n g o n m ov i n g i n t o f a s h i o n a n d s t a r t i n g w i t h p r o d u c t s w h e r e f i t i s l e s s o f a n i s s u e Fo r e x a m p l e , h a n d b a g s , s h o e s a n d a c c e s s o r i e s , ” B e l l s a i d B e l l h o p e s t h a t h i s a p p l i c a t i o n w i l l h a v e a l a r g e r i m p a c t , s p e c i f i c a l l y o n t h e f i e l d o f v i s u a l s e a r c h “ I t h i n k r i g h t n o w t h e i n t e r n e t i s v e r y t e x t u a l , a n d i t ’ s j u s t s t a r t e d t o b e c o m e m o r e v i s u a l , ” h e s a i d “ I t h i n k t h a t t h a t b y h a v i n g t h e s e s o r t s o f t o o l s a n d m a k i n g t h e m w i d e l y a v a i l a b l e t o t h e p u b l i c , w e c a n s t a r t t o n i b b l e a t n e w v i s u a l e x p e r i e n c e s t h a t p e o p l e h a v e n ’ t e v e n t h o u g h t w e r e p o s s i b l e I f w e h a v e a k i n d o f p u b l i c A P I w h e r e e v e r y b o d y c a n b u i l d n e w t o o l s , I t h i n k w e w i l l b e b l o w n a w a y b y w h a t t h e r e s t o f t h e c o m m u n i t y c o m e s u p w i t h ”

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l y d i s e a s e s , t h e t h r e e s h a r e a c o m m o n v e c t o r : Mo s q u i t o e s Fo r y e a r s , r e s e a r c h e r s h a v e s o u g h t w a y s t o r e d u c e t h e p r o b a b i l i t i e s o f t r a n s m i s s i o n a n d t h e s e v e r i t y o f e a c h v i r u s G e n e t i c a l l y m o d i f i e d m o s q u i t o e s t h a t l e a d t o t h e c o l l a p s e o f e n t i r e m o s q u i t o p o p u l a t i o n s a n d v a c c i n e s h a v e o n l y r e c e n t l y b e e n i n t r od u c e d a n d t h e i r r e s u l t s a r e s t i l l u n c e r t a i n To a u g m e n t s u c h e f f o r t s , t h e No r t h e a s t R e g i o n a l C e n t e r Fo r E x c e l l e n c e i n Ve c t o r B o r n e

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Santa Clarita Diet Satisfies the Appetite

BY NATALIE FUNG Sun Contributor

When I first heard that my hometown w a s g e t t i n g i t s ow n Ne t f l i x O r i g i n a l series, I was amused but thoroughly skeptical What on ear th was in Santa Clarita that could suppor t a genuinely good show? I expected something in the mold of 90210 (though a step down after all, Santa Clarita is quite a bit removed from the wealth of Beverly Hills), but when the Santa Clarita Diet trailers were released, I was both confused and intrigued to see that the s h o w w a s a c t u a l l y a b o u t zombies?

Turns out that’s not quite the best description. Eric, the show’s geeky next-door exper t on the supernatural says he prefers not to use that term as i t h a s a “ n e g a t i v e c o n n o t ation ” Even after I kne w it would involve cannibalism, I u n d e re s t i m a t e d i t s p o t e n t i a l

While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Santa Clarita Diet is o n e o f t h e b e s t s h ow s I ’ v e watched, I will definitely be back for season two For a brand ne w show tr ying to get its footing, season one did its job well The show centers on the Hammonds Sheila (Dre w Barr ymore), Joel ( Timothy Olyphant) and Abby (Liv He wson), a seemingly normal family living in Santa Clarita, California, and the chaos of their lives after Sheila mysteriously becomes undead The cause of her condition seems at first a little incredulous and cheesy she vomits what seems to be the entire contents of her stomach and then some,

including a small red organ – but then again, the premise of the show itself is e q u a l l y s o Fr o m t h e n o n

Hammonds’ greatest problem is how to sate Sheila’s appetite for humans without being caught by their policemen neighb

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Gisondo) and his vast knowledge about all things unhuman, they’re able to live their extraordinarily unusual lives (mostly) under the radar in an other wise usual town

BY ALLISON ARTEAGA Sun Contributor

Obviously this is not a museum, nor a derivative of a museum, nor a borrowed public galler y acting as an integral exhibition space Waffle Frolic is the spirit of Ithaca, a staple and an icon of the townspeople, a proud incubator of community involvement They make it a point to stay tied to their roots, the founders being from Ithaca College, finding local ar tists to exhibit In the upper seating area of Waffle Frolic, on the wall opposite the stairs, hangs Mark Matthe w ’ s works, a showing of 8 abstracts Subject matter? There’s no tongue-in-cheek hiding of what these works are meant to be, “abstracts” of Ithaca nature, rivers and greener y, seen through a broken lense

Though not a retrospective and not arranged chronologically, the works present a road from figurative and on the cusp of being contrived, to freeform in process and size Beginning with the too-large Cavern Wall, Streaked, resembling a close up of a Gerhard Richter work to Cavern Iris, Glowing, multilayered in its painterly strokes and movement, ending with Underground “S”, Soaked, a satisfying move from misunderstood naturalism

Most eye-catching of all are the miniatures, two painterly copy-paper-sized boards charmingly named Stream Swirl, Lesser Blue and Stream Swirl, Greater Blue The use of thick globs of paint, creating figurative texture on literal texture, could result in one mistaking the swirls as 3-D landscape models hanging from the bottom Matthe ws was able to create lights and shadows from the valleys and hills of oil paint They’re casted onto the

t r a y a l o f a c h a r a c t e r w i t h s u c h a d e a d l y

a p p e t i t e m a k e s t h e g e n re l a b e l “d a r k

c o m e d y ” s e e m a l m o s t i n a p p r o p r i a t e

Sh e ’ s b o u n c y, s h e ’ s f u n a n d s h e h o l d s t h e

s h ow t o g e t h e r t h e t y p e o f h u m o r s h e p r ov i d e s j u s t d o e s n ’ t n e c e s s a r i l y e l i c i t l a u g h t e r A n d w h i l e t h e a d u l t s ’ a d v e nt u re s c a l l f o r t h e a u d i e n c e t o t r u l y s u s -

p e n d d i s b e l i e f, Ab b y a n d E r i c g r o u n d t h e s h ow j u s t a n o t c h , p r ov i d i n g a t w i s t

o n t h e s t e re o t y p i c a l n o r m a l - a d u l t s - w i t h -

grayed-out waves, permitting the works to take on movement as the sun changes direction throughout the day

This is perhaps a purposeful move by the Waffle Frolic staff to highlight the textures of the tiny works Here exists an intimacy not seen in the remaining collection, the process of creation is a par t of the work, the edges have paint heaved to the side, with the same force as waves breaking sand In a way these are not abstract oil paintings but sculptures

At first glance around the space, context and attention to maximizing the obvious consumer-focus seems to be lacking Aren’t the eight pieces too high up for vie wers to appreciate? Aren’t they close together in a way that suggests a set or a series when they're individually for sale? A suggestion of temporal space versus a static one is brought to mind, as well as a call to hide the pricing This all has merit But these preferences for an improved selling floor don't apply here or now

Matthew’s show here is not meant to mimic elite shows in NYC, where galleries with executive boards and corporate interests and Chelsea real-estate hoard up millions Turned up noses A dragging of a gown Pissing contests

Elegant reminders from the leisure class that this is meant for a select few, to see and to own, this is not for all Social value is still value, it’s not coincidence that the book exchange nook is on the same wall as these abstracts It’s no coincidence that the busiest part of the restaurant holds these for-sale products Matthews’ works are not hiding their purpose, they’re simply meant to be enjoyed Pleasure for pleasure’s sake No artist’s statement or explanation from a curator is needed, no presentation at all in fact

The only thing that seems to be greatly lacking is an overarching plot throughout season one The

ably establishes

foundation for the series, and season one was likely written to set up future seasons I just can ’ t help but wonder where the writers can take this moving for ward Be yo

Hammonds have to deal with?

After all, the novelty of having an undead character can only last so long

Though I was initially quite skeptical of how Netflix would be able to pull off Santa Clarita

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prised I began watching only to see if I could recognize any of the settings, as it was filmed on location, but three or four e p i s o d e s i

m y s e l f clicking “ next episode” because it was genuinely entertaining

Its subtle references to the nuances of Santa Clarita culture made me chuckle (weed, realtors and Magic Mountain were the main ones) Though it’s not a standout, it’s quite well-balanced between fantasy and reality and full of potential

The verdict: perhaps not re watch-worthy, but definitely binge-wor thy

Natalie Fung is a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at nf238@cornell edu

Demna Gvasalia created Vetements to match the creative process with consumer ’ s needs, Susan Sontag criticizes the ar t market that idolizes aesthetic decoratives over turning points in histor y, and while some would push for the loud and institutionalized optimization of “ consumer ar t, ” we don’t need to worr y about this here

The international ar t market behaves by different r ules than at the local level The local level is honest, it’s reverent to its beginnings as those are its endings too In situ for in situ' s sake and what a breath of fresh air that is Appraisal here is not dependent on critics, they’re not buyers The Ithaca townspeople sitting down with vegan pastries, those who suppor t a community that does not ignore the individual, those who simply want a painting to match the dining room table setting this is for them Do not come to this show during br unch expecting a cosmopolitan vie wership, do not pretend to have distaste for anything not high-brow Enjoy the calmness and familiarity the ear th palette brings In this space we celebrate and welcome all, in an exhibition space that constantly donates to local causes, where patrons just come inside to leave and take a book for the weekend, where the context is small town sustainability Perhaps the point of this show is an enjoyment of ar t at all levels; no hierarchy exists here, only a leveling of ar tist’s creation and the public it's meant for Perhaps the main point of all local shows is that ar t breathes indiscriminately

Allison Ar teaga is a memer of the Class of 2018 in the College of Ar t Architecture and Planning She can be reached at aa2229@cornell edu

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By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Power(less) play | Clarkson handed the Red five power plays on Saturday evening, but the visiting team was unable to capitalize on any of its man-advantages

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Cornell Squeaks Past Top

Five Ohio St. for Upset Win

No. 3 Brian Realbuto overcomes

By ZACH SILVER Sun Assistant Sports Editor

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Ro d r i g u e z T h r o u g h o u t h i s f i r s t s e a s o n i n a

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b e g i n n i n g o f Ja n u a r y S i n c e t h e n , B a u g h m a n h a s w o n s e v e n s t r a i g h t , i n c l u d i n g h i s 4 - 0 u p s e t w i n ove r t h e

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Harvard Dominates

Early in Win Over Red

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t e , a n d Cornell ultim a t e l y l o s t t o H a r v a rd by 12 “ We have a lot to work on, ” Earl said “Defensively we have a long way to go and hopefully we will see the fruits of that come for ward ” While four Cornell players reached double figures, it was not an efficient shooting night for the Red The team shot 43 percent overall with the previo u s n i g h t ’ s t o p p l a y e r s Morgan and Gettings shooting 35 percent collectively But Cornell did succeed on offense once again from the c h a r i t y s t r i p e , s h o o t i n g 1 0 0

Continued from page 16 Jack Kantor can be reached at jkantor@cornellsun com

percent on 20 attempts But o n c e a g a i n t h e m a j o r i t y o f these opportunities came in the second half when the Red was already in a big hole

“ Yo u h a v e t o m a k e f r e e throws,” Earl said “It was good to see them g o i n b o t h these games I t h i n k w e a r e l e a r n i n g to get fouled m o r

are getting smarter tr ying to lengthen the game by getting fouled going to the rim ” Cornell now sits at sixth in t

rd stays at No 2 behind the undefeated Princeton Tigers

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h o n o r f o u r seniors at its final home games this weekend against Princeton T h e Re d w i l l f

Pe n n a t home the night before

Zach Silver can be reached at zsilver@cornellsun com

The Corne¬ Daily Sun M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L

Spor ts

C.U. Holds Off Green Late in Win on Road

Ballers beat Dartmouth, 69-65; Harvard puts up strong frst half to defeat Red by 12 points

By JACK KANTOR

Cornell men ' s basketball was able to notch one more

c o n f e re n c e w i n w i t h a c l o s e f o u r - p o i n t v i c t o r y a t

Dartmouth over the weekend, but was taken down with a strong first half effort by Harvard the following evening in Cambridge, losing 87-75

Dartmouth (6-17, 3-7 Ivy) managed to bring Friday night’s game within two with under a minute to go, but the Red (7-18, 3-7) held off its opponent in a tight game to complete a season sweep of the Green with a 69-65 victory The game is emblematic of the overall struggles Cornell has seen closing in the final minutes throughout the year

“The major takeaway is that we won down the stretch which has been our hallmark here,” said head coach Brian Earl said “Over the last month or so we have been in a lot of close games and generally have lost them, so it was nice to get a win against Dartmouth where it was away and close ”

Earl and his team had only a one-point lead at halftime, but began to inch away from Dartmouth coming out of the break The key for the Red in the second half was free throws Cornell attempted 22 free throws compared to one attempt in the first 20 minutes and converted 18

“We have tried to put our guys in practice into pressure situations, so that may have helped over the past couple weeks,” Earl said “We lost a game to Brown where we shot 10 of 20 from the free-throw line We get into practice and make sure [our guys are] taking the them ”

Notable performances against Dartmouth came from sophomores Matt Morgan and Stone Gettings Morgan had a game-high 28 points and Gettings recorded his first

f t e r p re v i o u s l y s u f f e r i n g c o n s e c -

u t i ve l o s s e s t o t h e s a m e t w o t e a m s o n t h e ro a d

career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds

at 20-point lead at halftime, 48-28

But aside from a couple strong performances and efficient free throw shooting, defense was integral in Cornell’s success Dartmouth shot 41 percent from the field, including 37 percent in the second half “ We p l a ye d s o m e p re t t y g o o d defense and it was a tough place,” Earl said “Going to Dartmouth is tougher than people realize I would not say we were outstanding on either side, but what really matters is that you come away with a win ”

But this same success did not come the next day at Harvard In its win over Cornell, the Crimson shot 60 percent from both the field and three in the first half to secure

“We were playing a few seconds of good defense and then we would give up an open three,” Earl said “Some of our turnovers and missed shots turned into easy baskets ” Cornell kept it close with Harvard early on, tied at eight following an athletic three-point play from senior guard Robert Hatter The home team abruptly went on an 11-0 run, which Cornell would climb back from to get back within three points But a 15-2 run for the Crimson to end the half was the final nail in the Red’s coffin

Itself at Home Against Green, Crimson

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n e s s e s ” C o r n e l l p u t o n a n d o m i n a n t p e r f o rm a n c e i n i t s f i r s t we e k e n d g a m e a g a i n s t Da r t m o u t h Sh o o t i n g 5 0 p e rc e n t f ro m t h e f i e l d a n d a s s i s t i n g o n a l l b u t s e ve n

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